Page 181 - The Little sister of Wilifred

" O h ! ” cried Wilifred, “ I shall tell

papa everything. He is so good I

know he ?11 forgive me, and I'm sure

he 11 let me help Peggy.”
“ Well, I hope he will. She is in a

bad enough fix now, poor child.”

“ Do you think Mrs. Bagley will be

very angry with her? ”
" I think, metaphorically speaking,

my dear, she will take her blessed little

head off.”
“ Oh dear ! ” said Wilifred, miserably,

“ I feel as if I was a horrid Elizabeth,

and Peggy poor sweet Mary, Queen of

Squats. Oh dear ! what can I do?

“ Do you think Mrs. Bagley suspects
anything ? ” asked Bolander, smiling to

himself at, this belittling title of Scot­

land's stately Queen,
“ No, I ’m sure she doesn’t;' an­

swered Wilifred, “ but she is awful